[Fiji Hill]

Virtually all of America's music comes from negroes and I will openly say I am not proud of it, and it think it has been destructive to our society. The jungle beat is not the heart beat of advancing civilization.

Not all music by Negroes is jungle beat. Negro spirituals, which W. E. B. Du Bois, in his book The Soul of Black Folk (Chicago; McClurg, 1903) called the only art form native to America, can be quite melodic. George Gershwin's work was heavily influenced by black American music.

[re_nortex]

Negro spirituals, which W. E. B. Du Bois, in his book The Soul of Black Folk (Chicago; McClurg, 1903) called the only art form native to America, can be quite melodic.

No personal offense meant but I can't believe that a vile communist, W. E. B. Du Bois, is quoted here on Free Republic. He lived the remainder of his disgraceful life in Ghana.